Net sales during the year amounts to SEK 1 847.1 million. Operating profit for the same period increase by 15 per cent to SEK 226.1 (196.5) million. During the fourth quarter net sales amounts to SEK 491.3 (507.1) million, operating profit increases by 1 per cent to SEK 61.5 (61.2) million and operating margin increases to 12.5 (12.1) per cent. Cash flow for the fourth quarter of the year amounts to SEK 49.3 million and liquid assets total SEK 188.1 million. At the end of the quarter we are 1 560 employees at HiQ. The Board of HiQ proposes a dividend of SEK 3.40 per share, totalling SEK 190 million.

During the second quarter, as announced earlier, we divested our holding in Westend Affärscentrum Oy, which is our former office space in Finland. The divestiture generated a profit of SEK 22.8 million.

HiQ has developed Valuefication’s platform for influencer marketing, which is now being launched to companies and influencers in the global market. Valuefication’s vision is to create a tool that can help communicators and marketers work more effectively with influencer marketing and gain control over the actual impact of marketing.
“This is an incredibly exciting project and company to work with. We have long talked about the impact of digitalisation on marketing and this is a great example. Digital technology makes marketing more efficient and more accurate,” says Jerker Lindstén, Managing Director of HiQ Gothenburg.

HiQ‘s interim report for January-September 2019 will be presented at 9.00 a.m. on Thursday 24 October at HiQ’s 7th floor office at Katarinavägen 15 in Stockholm.